Author: Nina Clarke

RENO, NEVADA — Even as temperatures across parts of the West were described as “slightly milder” compared to recent extremes, the record-breaking streak continued Saturday as Reno, Nevada and South Lake Tahoe, California both posted the warmest March 21 temperatures on record. At Reno-Tahoe International Airport, the high temperature climbed to 81 degrees, surpassing the…

UNITED STATES — A long-range, multi-day threat for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms is now emerging for April 1 through April 5, 2026, with parts of the Midwest, Mid-South and Lower Ohio Valley increasingly in focus. Forecast data initialized Sunday morning (March 22) highlights a broad corridor of concern stretching from the Southern Plains into the…

UNITED STATES — From sudden temperature drops in Texas to days of steady rain in the Carolinas and powerful storm systems sweeping across the Midwest, weather fronts are often the invisible lines driving dramatic shifts in the atmosphere. When two air masses of different temperature and humidity collide, the boundary between them is called a…

UNITED STATES — March 2026 is now on track to become the hottest March ever recorded across the United States, with national temperatures averaging nearly 8 degrees above normal — an extraordinary anomaly for early spring. And despite a strong cold front sweeping across parts of the country this week, long-range outlooks show the brutal,…

HOUSTON, TEXAS — Meteor hunters across northwest Houston now have a clearer target area after a NASA-backed analysis mapped where meteorite fragments may have landed following Saturday’s dramatic fireball and sonic boom. The meteor, estimated to be about 3 feet across and weighing roughly 2,000 pounds, entered Earth’s atmosphere at approximately 35,000 mph before exploding…

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY — A line of strong thunderstorms that swept across parts of Kentucky late Saturday night into early Sunday morning ultimately failed to reach severe levels, easing concerns across Lexington, Louisville, and surrounding communities. As of the 12:30 a.m. Eastern radar update, meteorologists indicated this would likely be the final update for the event,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A strong cold front is set to sweep through the Mid-Atlantic this evening into tonight, bringing showers and thunderstorms to Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington D.C., and northern Virginia — with the greatest severe threat focused near the Pennsylvania/Maryland state line. Forecasters warn that some storms could become severe, with large hail and damaging…

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Nearly all of the snow that piled up across Utah’s mountains in February and March — including close to 100 inches in the Cottonwoods — is vanishing under a surge of record, June-like heat that has rapidly erased much of the state’s snowpack. New statewide snow water equivalent data shows…

BOISE, IDAHO — Idaho is in for a classic spring weather rollercoaster this week, with unseasonably warm temperatures peaking Tuesday before a cold front sweeps through late Tuesday into Wednesday, bringing breezy winds and mountain showers. Forecasters describe the pattern as “whiplash weather,” with temperatures running well above normal before dropping behind the front. Tuesday:…

UNITED STATES — The footprint of historic March heat expanded dramatically over the past week, intensifying across the Plains and stretching as far east as Tennessee, with dozens of cities tying or setting new monthly high temperature records between March 17 and March 21. Data compiled from select reporting stations shows a broad swath of…